We have been jumping, running, and dancing every day for our Gross Motor Activities from A to Z Series! (We're also giving away a parachute play set!) The weather is so cold and we miss the playgrounds and parks. Our Playful Preschool theme this week is Polar Animals. You can always find our posts on Wednesdays by searching #playfulpreschool via social media!

We put down blue towels to be our polar seas. Pillows became icebergs. Our preschooler E loves acting so she was shivering in her frigid landscape!

We talked about how animals move from the pieces of ice and she was off! Toddler D joined her in jumping and stomping from pillow to pillow! Can you tell we have lots of energy to get out from these action shots?

After lots of ice jumping we tried a different gross motor pretend play game. We did a homeschool preschool unit on polar animals last year. We reviewed the habits of emperor penguins of the Antarctic for this activity.

After the momma penguin lays her egg she carefully transfers it to the feet of the daddy penguin to incubate. We used a beach ball wrapped in white plastic bags for our penguin egg!

It's tricky to try to waddle like a penguin parent with a precious egg resting on your feet! The kids loved this challenge! Next the momma penguin returns to the sea to swim and feed on fish. We scattered plastic fish in our "ocean" and E swam around to catch them!

The proud daddy penquin has been patient in keeping his egg warm. It has hatched into an adorable baby chick which is also balanced, carried, and kept warm on the feet of his father!

Soon after the penguin chick hatches the mother returns to feed it some of her fish as the daddy takes a well deserved break!

We learned so much about polar animals in a kinesthetic way as we acted out their movements! It was the perfect activity for a snowed in winter day.

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